Clonal diversity of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from bloodstream infections in northern Japan: Identification of spermidine N-acetyltransferase gene (speG) in staphylococcal cassette chromosomes (SCCs) associated with type II and IV SCCmec

Prevalence and Genetic Diversity of Staphylococcal Enterotoxin (-Like) Genes sey, selw, selx, selz, sel26 and sel27 in Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

(2020) Meiji Soe Aung et al.   Toxins

Clonal Diversity and Genetic Characteristics of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Japan

(2019) Meiji Soe Aung et al.   Microbial Drug Resistance

A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Prevalence of Community-Onset Bloodstream Infections among Hospitalized Patients in Africa and Asia

(2019) Christian S. Marchello et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

National trend of blood-stream infection attributable deaths caused by Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli in Japan

(2019) Shinya Tsuzuki et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Dissemination of Panton-Valentine leukocidin–positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 clone in multiple hospitals in Tokyo, Japan

(2018) S. Takadama et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Epidemiological Trends Observed from Molecular Characterization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Blood Cultures at a Japanese University Hospital, 2012–2015

(2018) Yuri Miura et al.   Microbial Drug Resistance

HMMER web server: 2018 update

(2018) Simon C Potter et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Molecular Characterization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Outpatients in Northern Japan: Increasing Tendency of ST5/ST764 MRSA-IIa with Arginine Catabolic Mobile Element

(2017) Meiji Soe Aung et al.   Microbial Drug Resistance

Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia and endocarditis – epidemiology and outcome: a review

(2017) Hilmir Asgeirsson et al.   Infectious Diseases

Novel Structures and Temporal Changes of Arginine Catabolic Mobile Elements in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Genotypes ST5-MRSA-II and ST764-MRSA-II in Japan

(2016) Noriko Urushibara et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Characterization of a novel staphylococcal cassette chromosome composite island from community-associated MRSA isolated in aged care facilities in Western Australia

(2016) L. K. Wilson et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Human Cathelicidin LL-37 Resistance and Increased Daptomycin MIC in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strain USA600 (ST45) Are Associated with Increased Mortality in a Hospital Setting

(2014) G. Sakoulas et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Functional Modularity of the Arginine Catabolic Mobile Element Contributes to the Success of USA300 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

(2013) Lance R. Thurlow et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

DNA Microarray Profiling of a Diverse Collection of Nosocomial Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates Assigns the Majority to the Correct Sequence Type and Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosomemec(SCCmec) Type and Results in the Subsequent Identification and Characterization of Novel SCCmec-SCCM1Composite Islands

(2012) Anna C. Shore et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Two novel arginine catabolic mobile elements and staphylococcal chromosome cassette mec composite islands in community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus genotypes ST5-MRSA-V and ST5-MRSA-II

(2012) N. Urushibara et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

The emerging ST8 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone in the community in Japan: associated infections, genetic diversity, and comparative genomics

(2012) Yasuhisa Iwao et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Arginine catabolic mobile element encoded speG abrogates the unique hypersensitivity of Staphylococcus aureus to exogenous polyamines

(2011) Gauri S. Joshi et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

An Unexpected Location of the Arginine Catabolic Mobile Element (ACME) in a USA300-Related MRSA Strain

(2011) Mette Damkjær Bartels et al.   PLoS One

Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Epidemiology and Clinical Consequences of an Emerging Epidemic

(2010) M. Z. David et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

High prevalence of the arginine catabolic mobile element in carriage isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis

(2010) François Barbier et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Changes in the epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus associated with spread of the ST45 lineage in Hong Kong

(2009) Pak-Leung Ho et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Staphylococcus aureus surface protein SasG contributes to intercellular autoaggregation of Staphylococcus aureus

(2008) Makoto Kuroda et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

The Arginine Catabolic Mobile Element and Staphylococcal Chromosomal CassettemecLinkage: Convergence of Virulence and Resistance in the USA300 Clone of Methicillin‐ResistantStaphylococcus aureus

(2008) Binh An Diep et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES